The way I remember it is stalactites without the e says tits and tits hang

Stalactite holds on tight.

Stalagmite might poke you in the ass.

Does anyone else see a cat's face?

Stalactites are the ones on the ceiling pointing down, while the stalagmites are the ones on the floor pointing upwards. A lot of people have good ways to memorise it, but my way is by imagining sta lag mites are slow little bugs crawling on the ground, and stalactites are therefore the opposite.

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The way I learned it is that T looks like a hanging stalagTite and M looks like two jutting stalagMites.

Stalactites hold tight. Stalagmites might.

See, if it's hanging from the ceiling it must be holding tight, innit?

Never forgot it after hearing this in the 4th grade.

I was taught "When tights come down, you might get lucky".

I wonder if our geology teacher was a bit of a perve?

P.s. I think what we call "tights" in English is what Americans call "pantyhose".

Stalactites have to hang tight or they'll fall.

StalacTites are on Top.

Stalagmites are ...

I've always thought that stalaCtites are on the Ceiling and stalaGmites are on the Ground, but I see lots of people spelling them both with G's so maybe I've just gotten lucky never needing to know this far in life.

@NickEastPhoto @outdoor @nature@fedigroups.social @photography@fedigroups.social @hiking@fedigroups.social @photography@lemmy.world @Nature@lemmy.world @hiking@lemmy.world just remember stalactites hold on tight….

See my country claims that enough lands are publicly owned to not need that, except the same party saying that is constantly dismantling that too. Its almost like they were being disingenuous.

My way to remember this is simply that stalactites are stalactites and stalagmites are stalagmites, not vice versa.